Biblical proof of Mary's virginity

[JohnOfWoodGreen]

Matthew, Mark and Luke are actually three translations of the same document, not three independant works.

No they're not. As indicated by Luke in his prologue, they are independent written extracts from the same oral tradition (learnt by rote).

 

[BNR32FAN]

Matthew, Mark and Luke are actually three translations of the same document, not three independant works.

That’s impossible because they contain different messages.

 

[BNR32FAN]

The people who condemned Origen made a terrible mistake.

The second ecumenical council of Constantinople made a mistake? So the Church was wrong and Origen was right?

 

[JohnOfWoodGreen]

No they're not. As indicated by Luke in his prologue, they are independent written extracts from the same oral tradition (learnt by rote).

I should add that each contains material that was in the first place put personally into that oral tradition by the author of the gospel in question, e.g., Luke 1:5 to the end of Chapter 2.